Baking-pan.



H. KEHOE.

BAKING PAN.

APPLICATION FILED MAYJ4, 1914.

Patented June 13, 1916.

HARRY KEHOE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIG-NOR TO BAKING COMPANY, Oh

' NEW YORK, N. Y., A FGQRPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY Kermit, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have lnvented certain new and useful Improvements in Baking-Pans, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of the specification.

My present invention relates to that class of baking pans in which loaves of cake or the like may be baked without hard crust being formed on the sides or ends thereof.

A further object is to provide a pan having a series of compartments in which the separate loaves are baked and which pans are adapted for usein a large oven.

The invention consists in the features of improvement hereinafter set forth, illustrated inthe preferredform in the accompanying drawing and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of my improvedbaking pan. *Fig. 2 is a section onthe line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 Fig. 4 is a section onthe line 44 of Fig. 2.

. The pan comprises a frame work having wooden side portions 1, and'end portions 2, extending between them.v A series of dividing plates 3,complete the frame work of my pan. A sheet-metal bottom 4- extends completely beneath the ,frame work and has upturned ends 5, which extend upwardly and around the end pieces 2. Flanges 6 are formed on the ends'of the bottom and ex- .tend across the top of the end pieces 2 and are secured thereto. A pair of "metal run-- ner's 7 extend the full length of the pan beneath the sides 1, having end portions 8 which extend around the ends of the side I frame 1 and portions 9 which extend along the top of said side frames. Bolts 10 ex-' Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 14, 1914. Serial No. 838,433.

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It is to be noted that in this way a series of compartments are formed having wooden sides and a sheet'metal bottom. The sides of each compartment are somewhat beveled to form upwardly and outwardly sloping surfaces, 12, which facilitate in removing cakes or the like. from the compartments. All the wood work is coated with a thick coating of asbestos paint which revents the of the pan is slightly beveled at its end portion as at 13, and the runners 7 and top portions 9 are .bent inwardly in order to economize on the space required for the pan. This pan is adapted for use in a rotary oven in which a serles of pans are placed radiating from a central portion. By having this bevel 13, it

is possible to place'an additional pan in the oven as the pans are permitted to fit slightly closer together. I

From the foregoing, it would be seen that the use'of this pan has several novel features. In the first-place'the pan is adapted for forming cakes or rather loaves of cake which have a crust at the bottom but which are substantially without crust on the sides or ends. The reason for this is that the wooden sides and ends are not heated as rapidly as metal portions would be. Thev inner faces of the sides and ends of each and upwardly beveled surfaces so that the leaves may be readily removed therefrom.

Lastly a pan is provided which has a metal bottom secured to a wooden frame .work, not by screws or nails as is the ordinary construction and which readily loosen up when the pan has been heated but which has bolts extending completely through the side portions andvsecuring the runners beneath the metal bottom, thereby retaining the metal bottom securely to the frame. The end 5 of the bottom whichextends upwardly and around the end pieces 2, protects that portion of the wood, where the asbestos paint would be apt to be chipped off, against injury and forms a complete protection for the ends of the pan.

By providing runners extending beneath the pan two very important objects are accomplished. In the first place the pan is materially strengthened and permitted to slide easily over the base of the oven without any danger of injury to the pan bottom.

Secondly the bottom of the pan somewhat raised above the oven bottom, forming an air chamber which permits the even distribution of heat along the entire bottom surface of the pan.

It is obvious that numerous changes may i be made in the details set forth Without departure from the essentials of the invention as defined 1n the claims. Y

Having described my invention What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

metal runners extending lengthwise of said frame beneath the sides thereof and over the edge portion of said bottom, said metal runners having upturned ends bolted to the sides and ends of the frame.

2. A baking pan comprising a wooden frame formed of sides, ends and partitions secured in place between said sides and dividing the pan into a series of compartments, a sheet metal bottom for said frame and the compartments thereof, a plurality of metal runners extending longitudinally beneath said bottom and upwardly over the ends of said frameand bolts extending through said frame and said runners for gle stri clamping said sheet metal bottom in place, substantially as described.

'3. A baking pan comprising a wooden frame formed of sides, ends and partitions held in place between said sides and dividing the pan into a series of compartments,

a sheet metal bottom for said frame and the compartments thereof, a plurality of metal runners extending longitudinally beneath said bottom and directly beneath said sides,

the ends of said runners being bent up frame formed of sides, ends and a series of transverse partitions held in place between said sides and dividing the frame into a series of compartments having upwardly flaring inner faces, a bottom formed of a sinof sheet metal extending completely eneath said frame and upwardly over the ends thereof, runners formed of bracing metal straps extending longitudinally beneath said bottom and upwardly over-the ends of said frame, and means for securing said runners in place to thereby clamp said sheet metal bottom to said frame, substantially as described.

HARRY KEHOE. Witnesses: a

, J. G. ANDERSON,

G. HAGENON. 

